Following the death of seven labourers due to suffocation at Ambati Oil Factory in Andhra Pradesh, Kakinada District Collector Kritika Shukla has announced that an official team has been directed and soon a thorough probe will be taken up in the matter.
The slain militant identified as Uttam Lahon alias Uday Asom, was involved in several kidnappings as well as civilian and Police official killings, the police said on Thursday.
Gaurav Abhijit Dilip, Superintendent of Police of Tinsukia district told ANI that, one ULFA-I militant was killed during the gun battle on Wednesday between the militants and security forces.
Seven school children were killed and four severely injured after the auto-rickshaw they were in collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, officials said.
"The 5.1-magnitude quake hit around 1.28 pm (0628 GMT) on land just southwest of Jayapura city at a depth of 22 kilometres," the US Geological Survey said.
As many as labourers reportedly died due to suffocation while they were engaged in the removal of oil sludge in an edible oil tanker on Thursday in Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada district.
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday is all set to hear the appeal of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's murder case after a span of five and a half years, The Express Tribune reported.
A fierce fire broke out in the slum of Gagret sub-division of the Una district in Himachal Pradesh which allegedly killed four minors during the midnight hours of Wednesday.
Two people were arrested for allegedly attacking a caterer after a scuffle broke out over plates at an anniversary function in Rohini area on Thursday, said the police.
"Three workers of Hero Motors Company were killed, and one other died during medical treatment after they were hit by a bus from the Noida Depot under Badalpur Police Station area. The bus has been seized and a search operation is underway to nab the accused bus driver, police said.